Simona Binni

Co-Founder and Co-Chief Creative Officer of Studio Nausica.

Simona, founded Studio Nausica together with Giuseppe in 2014 and always with Giuseppe, is the chief artist of the studio.

Born in Rome in 1975, Simona graduated with a degree in Development Age Psychology and later went to study at the Scuola Romana del Fumetto. In 2012 she began to collaborate with NUCT (Scuola Internazionale di Cinema e Televisione) creating, as a storyboard artist and illustrator, a series of advertisements for the Telecom Italia’s Cloud website. In 2013 she published the book Minerals in your life for ISPRA as an illustrator. In 2013 she also worked as a cartoonist for the independent American publishing companies GrayHaven Comics and Bliss on Tap. In 2014 she began to collaborate with the publishing company Tunué, for which she published, as author and illustrator for the Tipitondi chain, Amina e il vulcano, that won her the prize as Best Newcomer at Romics 2015 and a nomination as Best Cartoon Strip for Kids for the Premio Carlo Boscarato at Treviso Comic Book Festival 2015. Following that, again for Tunué, she published Dammi la mano. At the same time she began her work holding comic strip laboratories for children and teenagers. In 2015 she worked as illustrator and storyboard artist with Roma Film Academy, to create a short film for the Giffoni Film Festival. In 2016 she worked with the publishing company il Brucofarfalla, as part of a project linked to disability, carrying out the illustrations for the children’s book Piero e il brucofarfalla. In 2016 she also published her third book as a full author, Silverwood Lake, once again for Tunué, but this time part of the adult series Prospero’s Books. She currently teaches comic strip design, working with bookshops, schools and cultural associations.

Giuseppe Ruggiero

Co-Founder and Co-Chief Creative Officer of Studio Nausica.

Giuseppe, founded Studio Nausica together with Simona in 2014 and always with Simona, is the chief artist of the studio.

Born in Naples in 1981, Giuseppe graduated as a Programmer and later as Adobe Certified Associate in Rich Media Communication, Visual Communication and Web Communication. Since 2008 he has been working as a graphic designer and web designer. In 2010 he creates the OtakuWorld.it web-community, a meeting point for comics, cartoons and video games fans. In 2012 he began to collaborate with Simona Binni as a colorist, letterer and graphic designer.